Author: Sune Larsson
Date: 12:17:47 01/03/05
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On January 03, 2005 at 14:56:57, Drexel,Michael wrote: >On January 03, 2005 at 14:26:37, Sune Larsson wrote: > >>Today young Norwegian shooting star Magnus Carlsen(14)played the tactical wizard >>Alexei Shirov(33). Now, to become a GM at the age of 14 you must be very gifted >>in tactics. So this game promised something extra... Oh yes - fire all over the >>board - and the youngster made another claim for a future top ranking... This is >>OTB chess with limited time, nerves and all. > >Let´s hope he doesn't get the beauty price for this game. The sacrifices are not >correct. > >Michael Right. I watched the game live and thought Shirov would take the rook in move 29. Then in move 36 I almost fell out of my chair after his Be4. But zeitnot and nerves... Chess belongs to the young players (and Kortschnoi ;-) /K > > >> >>[Event "Smartfish Masters"] >>[Site "Drammen"] >>[Date "2005.01.03"] >>[Round "7"] >>[White "Carlsen, Magnus"] >>[Black "Shirov, Alexei"] >>[Result "1-0"] >>[ECO "C95"] >>[WhiteElo "2581"] >>[BlackElo "2726"] >>[PlyCount "75"] >>[EventDate "2005.01.03"] >>[SourceDate "2005.01.03"] >> >>1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 >>d6 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. b3 >>c6 16. Bg5 Bg7 17. Qd2 Qc7 18. a4 d5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. Bf4 Qe6 >>22. e5 Nd7 23. Bh6 Bh8 24. f4 Qe7 25. Re3 Nf8 26. Rf1 c5 27. f5 d4 28. cxd4 >>cxd4 29. fxg6 hxg6 30. Nf5 gxf5 31. Rg3+ Ng6 32. Bxf5 Qxe5 33. Rg4 Bg7 34. Bxg6 >>fxg6 35. Rxg6 Re7 36. Rf4 Be4 37. Rg5 Qe6 38. Bxg7 1-0 >> >>/S
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